§ 133. Prohibited employments of minors.

Minors under sixteen. No
minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed in or assist in:
a. painting or exterior cleaning in connection with the maintenance of
a building or structure;
b. any occupation in or in connection with a factory, except as
provided in subdivision four of section one hundred thirty-one of this
chapter;
c. the operation of washing, grinding, cutting, slicing, pressing or
mixing machinery;
d. any employment in institutions in the department of mental hygiene,
provided, however, that for the purposes of this paragraph,
participation in recreation and leisure activities, social skills
development, companionship and/or entertainment as part of an organized
volunteer program approved by the commissioner of mental hygiene, shall
not constitute employment or assistance in employment and may be
performed by youthful volunteers at least fourteen years of age. Nothing
contained in this paragraph shall be construed to permit services
prohibited in subdivisions one and two hereof.

Minors of any age. No minor of any age shall be employed in or
assist in:

the care or operation of a freight or passenger elevator, except
that a minor over sixteen may operate automatic push button control
elevators;

or in connection with the manufacturing, packaging, or storing of
explosives;

operating or using any emery, tripoli, rouge, corundum, stone,
silicon carbide, or any abrasive, or emery polishing or buffing wheel,
where articles of the baser metals or iridium are manufactured;

penal or correctional institutions, if such employment relates to
the custody or care of prisoners or inmates;

adjusting belts to machinery or cleaning, oiling or wiping
machinery;

packing paints, dry colors, or red or white leads;

preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are
used;

operating steam boilers subject to section two hundred four of this
chapter;

any occupation at construction work, including wrecking,
demolition, roofing or excavating operations and the painting or
exterior cleaning of a building structure from an elevated surface;

any occupation involving exposure to radioactive substances or
ionizing radiation, or exposure to silica or other harmful dust;

logging occupations and occupations in the operation of any
sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill or cooperage-stock mill;

any occupation involved in the operation of circular saws, bandsaws
and guillotine shears;

any occupation in or about a slaughter and meat-packing
establishment, or rendering plant;

any occupation involved in the operation of power-driven hoisting
apparatus;

any occupation involved in the manufacture of brick, tile and
kindred products;

as a helper on a motor vehicle;

s. as a dancer or performer in any portion of a facility open to the
public wherein performers appear and dance or otherwise perform
unclothed, under circumstances in which such employment would be harmful
to such person in the manner defined in subdivision six of section
235.20 of the penal law.

The provisions of subdivision two of this section shall not
apply to

(1) an apprentice who is individually registered in an
apprenticeship program which is duly registered with the commissioner in
conformity with the provisions of article twenty-three of this chapter;
or

(2) a student-learner who is enrolled in a course of study and
training in a cooperative vocational training program under a recognized
state or local educational authority, or in a course of study in a
substantially similar program conducted by a private school; or

(3) a trainee in an on-the-job training program approved by the
commissioner; or

(4) a minor who is employed in the occupation in which he has
completed training as a student-learner as provided in subparagraph (2)
of this subdivision or as a trainee as provided in subparagraph (3) of
this subdivision; or

(5) a minor who is employed in the occupation in which he has
completed a work training program of a non-profit organization or a
training program which is publicly funded in whole or in part, and as
part of such program received safety instruction and training in the use
of machinery, provided that such safety program has been approved by the
commissioner. As used in this paragraph the term "non-profit
organization" means an organization operated exclusively for religious,
charitable, or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of
which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

An employment certificate required by subdivision two of section
one hundred thirty-two of this article shall for the purposes of section
fourteen-a of the workmen's compensation law be deemed to authorize
employment under subparagraphs (3), (4) and (5) of this subdivision.

In addition to the cases provided for in this section, the
commissioner, when it is found upon investigation that any particular
trade, process of manufacture, occupation, or method of carrying on the
same, is dangerous or injurious to the health of minors, may adopt rules
prohibiting or regulating the employment of such minors therein. In
addition to the adoption of such rules, the commissioner may also adopt
such other rules and regulations as are determined necessary to carry
out the purposes of this section.

In addition to the rulemaking authority set forth in subdivision
four of this section, when it is found upon investigation that
employment on a farm is dangerous or injurious to the health of minors,
the commissioner may adopt rules prohibiting or regulating the
employment of such minors therein, which rules shall be in accordance
with and consistent with those promulgated by the United States
secretary of labor in this regard.